Vocabulary Test
This test will estimate your vocabulary in total known words of English. Take the test honestly, meaning that if a clear definition for the word doesn't pop into your head when you read it, you do not KNOW that word.
I'm not going to tell you my results, but in looking at comments on the site from which I obtained this link, I saw quite a few "results" in the 50,000+ range. I know for a fact that's pure bullshit. I am very well-read, I write both non-fiction and fiction as a hobby, and I scored a perfect 800 on the verbal section of my SAT -- which was long before they watered it down. Unless you're a professional etymologist, by the time you get to the second half of the second page you should be running into a lot of words you don't know. I don't mean you think you might have heard or seen that word before; I mean you know how to use the word properly in a complex sentence. It's a test, not a race to see who gets the highest score. The author of the test is using the results in conjunction with the accompanying general identity questions to compile demographic data about literacy. He didn't create the test to run an e-peen competition. Apparently that's a concept a lot of internet denizens can't seem to comprehend.
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I'm not going to tell you my results, but in looking at comments on the site from which I obtained this link, I saw quite a few "results" in the 50,000+ range. I know for a fact that's pure bullshit. I am very well-read, I write both non-fiction and fiction as a hobby, and I scored a perfect 800 on the verbal section of my SAT -- which was long before they watered it down. Unless you're a professional etymologist, by the time you get to the second half of the second page you should be running into a lot of words you don't know. I don't mean you think you might have heard or seen that word before; I mean you know how to use the word properly in a complex sentence. It's a test, not a race to see who gets the highest score. The author of the test is using the results in conjunction with the accompanying general identity questions to compile demographic data about literacy. He didn't create the test to run an e-peen competition. Apparently that's a concept a lot of internet denizens can't seem to comprehend.
Click to take the test.
posted by Jar(egg)head at 16:59
2 Comments:
28,400 words, so that tells me that people are just clicking the big words to make themselves feel better. I feel that it needs a little more to help. After the initial test, there should be a few multiple choice sentence questions to see if the results are accurate or if someone is just clicking words. This would make the results much more reliable.
I felt stupid. 33,600. But, I read voraciously. I have some education. I try to learn new things. However, there were some words on those lists I would wager were made-up to filter out entries that were just click happy. On the other hand, I might just be stupid.
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